NEW SUGGESTION

good suggestion - i moved them thanks

May I suggest when posting in the news room that posters post the date of the article they are posting. The date is already part of the article. A lot of them have the published date deleted.

Thanks

twinkletoes wrote:May I suggest when posting in the news room that posters post the date of the article they are posting. The date is already part of the article. A lot of them have the published date deleted.

Thanks

I was "written up" ["Additionally, it is not necessary to post all that stuff at the beginning of articles. Headlines, sub-headlines, Author, date and time of revision, Associated Press...blah, blah, blah...all that stuff can be found by following the link."] but it was a very nice, polite correction, for including the stuff so folks w/n have to go to link. Guess I'll get it figured out

I was the culprit who PM'd ladibug and I perhaps wasn't clear.
I never indicated that we wouldn't want to see the date of the original article. This is especially true if you have to dust the cobwebs off before posting.
What I was trying to avoid is all that other stuff that seems superfluous to the actual information.
Sorry for any confusion. The rule of thumb would be, if the article was within the last two months or so, no worries. Beyond that and we are starting down the dusty road.

ladibug wrote:

twinkletoes wrote:May I suggest when posting in the news room that posters post the date of the article they are posting. The date is already part of the article. A lot of them have the published date deleted.

Thanks

I was "written up" ["Additionally, it is not necessary to post all that stuff at the beginning of articles. Headlines, sub-headlines, Author, date and time of revision, Associated Press...blah, blah, blah...all that stuff can be found by following the link."] but it was a very nice, polite correction, for including the stuff so folks w/n have to go to link. Guess I'll get it figured out

I wasn't referring to "all that stuff". I was referring to the date the article was published. I would like to know without having to follow a link to see how old or new the info is.

I don't wish to have to click on a link. That defeats the purpose of posting the article.

Sorry, don't know what you mean by written up. Did someone complain? About what?

TomTerrific0420 wrote:I was the culprit who PM'd ladibug and I perhaps wasn't clear.
I never indicated that we wouldn't want to see the date of the original article. This is especially true if you have to dust the cobwebs off before posting.
What I was trying to avoid is all that other stuff that seems superfluous to the actual information.
Sorry for any confusion. The rule of thumb would be, if the article was within the last two months or so, no worries. Beyond that and we are starting down the dusty road.

Not sure what you are saying. I see no reason to delete the date from an article. It helps me to know if I should look for newer info. It helps me to know how far along the case is.

Please explain to me the reason for deleting the published date. I just DON'T get it. Am I dense? Don't answer that. TIA.

PS, I was not referring to a post by Ladibug, but numerous posts by others where the published date has been deliberately deleted.

Never had a problem with Ladibug's posts.